The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 17, 1900, Image 7
THE WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON, OCTOBER 17, 1900.
logy to our patrons for being m late in making our
We owe an
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But the gentleman who has charge of our advertising department has been so busy attending to other matters, that he
seems to have slightly neglected this very important branch of our business While we are
Firm believers in newspapers as a means of making known the good things you have to offer, oar experience is, that the people with whom you have been dealing and who have always gotten
ONE HUNDRED CENTS WORTH
For every dollar they gave you are the best advertisers
This we have proven beyond all doubt during the past month, in which our business has been the largest ever recorded in September. Some of our friends attracted by newspaper advertise?
ments or curiosity would go into othes stores, and after looking through to their entire satisfaction would return and make their bill with us, admitting frankly that we were offering
BETTER VALUES THAN OUR COMPETITORS.
It takes years to build a reputation of this character and we feel very proud of it. Our stock for the present season is the largest and best assorted we have ever carried, and had we space to
display it, we could fill a store twice as large as the one we now occupy, our duplicate stock being larger than what we have on exhibition on the first floor. All this we hope will be reme?
died after January 1st, when we move into our new store now being erected.
Hats?
We established a reputation is this
line some years ago, that we have
been constantly adding to We sup?
ply a good many dealers, wbo mast
save money by buying from us, or
they would non do so. Ootside of
our regular line we bought
100 Dozen
From a commission house at about
60 cents on the dollar.
We have Men's and Boys fur
Hats at 25 and 50 cents, and the
Mao's Hat we sell at 75c would
appear cheap, if bought elsewhere
for $1.25.
Clothing?
This has always been a strong line
with us, and we can assure those
who have favored us with their pa
tronage in this department formerly,
that we have never bad a better line
to select from
Men's all wool Cheviots, $5, $7 50
and $10.
Men's Fancy Worsteds, $5, $7 50,
$10 and $12
Men's ali wool Cassimers, $5, ?6,
$7 50, $10 and $12 50
Men s Clay Worsteds, in black and
colors, $5, $6, $7 50, $10, $12 & $15
BOYS' CLOTHING.
750 pairs
Boy's Knee Pants, worth 35c, 40c
and 50c at
. 25c per pair.
We bought the remnant of a man?
ufacturer's stock, the quantity seems
large, bot the way they are going
they won't last long
250
Boy's Double Breasted Suits
at 75c and $1.
These goods are worth 33J to 50 per
cent more. Our line at
$1 50, $2, $2 50, $3 50 and $5
cannot be beaten.
Dry Goods.
Here will be found as complete a
line of Staple and Domestic Goods
as the needs of any housekeeper de
maud
Our DOMESTICS were bought on
a basis of T cents cotton, aud while
we did not think at the time that
cotton was going to 10 cents we in?
vested in
50,000 Yards
We have
100 pieces of Outings at 5, 6| and
8?c-as cheap as they were ever sold getting Jobbers' prices, thereby sav
50 pieces of Flannelettes at 8Jc- jDg tbe middle man's profit, and giv
tbis is a very desirable fabric for ing the benefit of it to our customers
Waists and Wrappers, and is easily If anything was needed to strengthen
worth 10 to 12ic. this department, we have certainly
50 PairS Tar Heel 8QCCee(^e^ 10 doing so by the addi
Blankets. . BAY STATE LINE
These are not in stock, but will be and
by the time this reaches you, as they j ? p REED & CO'S LINE
are on tbe way. You know what j of Women's fine Shoes
they are, and uo advance in price.
We have a complete line of cheap Tt|i3 latter line 13 n0 stranger to
Blankets from 75c to $1.50. <he ]??\e* ?{JTlZr Con?ty' ?8 wef
. ,. _ _ , T bandied them with a great deal of
A line of Comforts from 75c to $2 pleg6ure and 8at?8faction up t0 a few
Our stock of Sheeting, Pillow eas- years a??>, but for some reason, they
ing, Table Damask, Doylies and withdrew from this territory, and we
Napkins is complete and prices right feel assured their old patrons will be
- pleased to welcome them back.
ShOeS? Reynolds', Bay State, E. P.
... ? Reed & Co. and Godman are
If there is any one line m pur house TJ /I f "D f
better than another we believe this HarCl LO .Beat,
is it All our Shoes are bought In addition to these we carry a
direct from manufacturers, and in complete line of Men and Women's
such quantities, as to warrant us in staple Shoes
We hesitate to say how many of
these we bought, as we might be
accused of varying from the path of
truthfulness, bot we are safe in as?
serting not less than
250 Dozen
Jost think of it ! 3.0G0 SHIETS.
You would naturally say, why do
you buy so macy ? If you saw what
we are selling for
25 Cents
You would ask no further question.
You cannot buy goods right unless
you buy quantities.
O'DONNELL & CO.
O'DONNELL & CO.
O'DONNELL & CO
Strikers Will Make
Further Demands.
UNLIKELY THAT THE
CONVENTION WILL END
TROUBLE.
Soraotoo, Pa, Oct ll -The oooven
tioD of the anthracite mioers DOW on
strike throughout the eotire hard ooal
fields IB Pennsylvania will meet io this
otty tomorrow morn io g for the purpose
of considering the 10 per cent increase
io wages proffered them by nearly all
the mine operate rs in tbe region.
The delegates to the convention who
began arriving today b&ve all sorts cf
instructions from their local unions on
the proposition of the operators. It was
learned that most of them now oo the
ground will vote to rej?ct the 10 per
sent inerease unless the operators make
further concessions Many of tho
mioers will not favor the advance unless
the operators give a guarantee that the
increase will be kept io force for a fixed
length of time, others want the unioo
recognised before they will accept the
proposition, while DOC a few insist
upon concessions in the other griev?
ance i.
The belief is general that in the
absence of any uniform instructions
among the delegate?, the chances of a
settlement by this convention are rather
slight. It is the impression of several
labor leaders that at least a second
convention will have to be held before
aoy definite action will be taken look?
ing toward ao early eodiog of the
contest
The Fertilizer Tax
Clemson Colege's revenue from the
inspection tax on fertilizer will this
year be more than usual Year be?
fore last it was. $59,000. In 1899,
$63,000 ; and up to Oct 1st of this
year the receipts since Jan 1st had
been $65,723 43 Tbis revenue is
derived from a tax of 25 cents per
ton on ali fertilizers. As there will j
be some fertilizer sold before thc close
of the year for the truck farms and
sinai! grain crops, the receipts will
ron the total still higher
In the spring cotton speculators
base their estimates of long and short ;
cotton crops upon the amount of,
fertilizer tax Thie year they would j
have made a bad guess Tbe sales
of fertilizer indicated increased cot- !
ton acreage and a big crop But the i
"crop was blighted by the drouth, bad
'cese to it.-State
Alfred Keir, clio German Crochu* of j
South Africa, is ?aid so be worth ?1,- j
000,000,000-ali made out of gold and
diamond venture?, sod he is only 46 j
Duun's Weekly Review.
Strikes Restraining Factor in
Business Activity in the
South.
New York, Oct 12-R. G Dann &
Co's Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow
will say : More seasonable weather bad
important influenae throughout the
country, but tbe coal strike continuad
as the restraining factor io business
j As speculation everywhere is OD a small
scale, the effect ie minimized. Lower
prioes recectly for some iron products
have been without disturbing force, and
the firmer market for print cloths and
strong quotations for lumber show that
io some directions in the great indus
i tries a small increase io demand is
j capable of raising prices The
; situation still promises a recov
! erv wheo politics and tbe strike
; atc settled. Fear of tight money
j has made some men hesitate,
; bat higher rates result from tbe'
j activity of the movement of oottoo at
high prices in the south. At tbs
moment the movement of gold from
Europe bas tended to relieve tbe tension
io New York, acd gold is still coming
from Australia.
Pig iron production has been further
reduced, aooording to Tde Iron Age.
A gratifying feature is the evideooe
tbat supplie* in consumers7 bands are
low. Qaotations of iron products are
I steady and foreign buying continues,
two contracts of importance being
piaoed.
Much disappointment was apparent
among cotton traders when the official
crop report appeared, for the anticipa?
tion of a gloomy report had pressed the
price up to ll cents Wben the state?
ment indicated a point improvement in
Texas in September, prices dropped
^sharply Wteac also declined without
jibe aid of a ^overnmeot report Bo
\ niestio coudttions a.e generally satis
! factory and foreign crop news cheerful
{ Corn remains steady in the faso ot the
decline in condition.
I Failures for thc week were 223 io the
! United States against 164 iast y?ar,
! 52 in Canada against 27 last year.
-i- gm?
L'iSt week's Saiuda Advocate cou
i trained thirteen cards of thanks from
I as many perso?.:? who wore candidates
! iu tbe ?atc primary telling the world
now very "grauiui" they wcio'that so
; many of their fallow citizens tried (o
>ive them a job a: the expense ot th
i state or county ?-G reen ville News
A fir ? insurance company, with $1.
000,000 capital, is oeiog organized at
Jackson, Miss. Over $600,000 has
been subscribed. The uompaoy will
?Aiir^ttiii?iUkM?ta?M
] Former Attorney General of j
Ohio Declares Trusts Are
Manipulating; Griggs
and the President
! Colombia, Ohio, OJ? 12 -A large
! audience attended a meeting tonight at
I the Columbi* auditorium addressed by
! HOD. Frank S. Monoetr, former attor i
ney general cf Ohio Mr Moooett's j
! speech was devoted wholly to support ?
; of Mr Bryan. Mr Mouoe'i reviewed tbe I
; prosecution against various trusts, com ?
j binations and monopolies which be bad
j undertaken while attorney general of
j the State, and then said :
i "We nominated a ores dent from
I Ohio who promised tbe people in fair J
j phrases that he would enforce tbe anti- [
j trust laws of tbe Uoited State?, includ j
i ing the Sherman antitrust act. How j
j ha3 be enforced ir. ? Attorney General !
j John W. Griggs baa under bim 76
district attorneys scattered throughout !
the various States of lae uoioo, tbe j
duty of eaob and every one of which is i
to enforce tbis anti trust act. and ao i
! eordiog to bis ofSoial report. May 29.
j 19?0, to congress, our of 13 suits insti?
I tuted under this law, 3 have been be- i
j gan ander his administration,
j "This is the magnificent report of the
j pr?sent national admistration.
"The trusts utterly failed in defeat
j iog the Sherman anti trust act ; they
j are completely routed by the judiciary ?
j io tbe final test in the supreme court .
? and they have now beguo tbe danger- !
{ ons policy of paralizing the executive |
j arm by means tbat aro so palpable that I
j be who ruos may read and none but the j
j most skeptical can fail to be coo ;
! vmced." j
! In conclusion Mr Monnett said :
"I believe that Mr Wm McKinley
j and John Griggs, bis attorney general j
I and bis executive i finers, have wil I
J fully and purposely and knowingly j
I paralizad the executive ar:n of this j
j government for the laa" four years and ;
I prevented tho enforcement of the '?
! common law and ?h? statute law, both
I criminally and civilly, against: these
1 law violator* And the hour ha.-: now
come, the only time wc will have for j
the text tour ye^rs as voters to legally |
j and constitutionally soii*e tbom for their j
hvrjocrisy and to r?sout fbi* v;o!atioo of i
j social duty
''Wm J K.-yau may not accomplish
, ail that we expect, or all that w? hope j
for in this behalf but ? bel?e7e him to
be thoroughly honest, .?iocere and a
determine! mari and whit? I do no?
a^ree with bim it) ah he advocates, yd 1
[ am forced to takn one ?ide or the
otb^r OD this gr.-a* 'potion which tor
j thc mat-re* is thc p?ramouu- i*sue and
in the name of parrioti-ro, for tho saki- ?
of our republic, propose to cast my ?
vote for that fcarle-s. upn?br. charo- ;
pion of tbe people. William Jennings J
Farmers Should Plant Gram.
The daog*er to Georgia and the acuth
io tes ceo ts cotton lies io tbe temptation
it offers to farmers who bave, through
the past five years of low priced cotton,
been gradually growing into the
praotice of planting ample focd crops,
to go Oack to tbs oid ruinous custom of
raising all cotton Such a foolish
policy would mean not only ac eod to
ten cents cotton, bu', to tbe improved
conditions on the farm.
lu a letter to tbe rdttor of the Macon
Telegraph, Hon O B. Stevens, Geor?
gia's wide awake commissioner cf agri?
culture, writes strongly upon thia mat?
ter, as follows :
"Since the cotton crop in many sec?
tions of Georgia is about gathered, and
the recent rains have put tbe ground
tn fioe condition to prepare for grain, it
rather strikes me that it wouid be a
gocd lime to start your wheat compaign
if you contemplate pushing it again
ibis fall
"You are entitled to all oredit for
the great good tbe wheat crop has done
and is doing Georgia, and for the fact
that it bas served thousao?a of farmers
this last spring and summer from buy?
ing oom and forage and from debt.
"it 19 true that it would seem a hard
undertaking to in?aoe farmers to plant
wheat and other grain when they are
getting from 9 12 to 10 cents a pound I
for cotton, bot it will be a great mis- i
take for our people to neglect so great j
a crop, as we aro able to produce io !
Georgia, and I hope that you will make
a vigorous fight for wheat and other
grains this fall and next spring.
"I write this ociy to essore you of ]
my oo opsration aod halp.
..Whatever I cay bo able to do will
be done williogly and cbeerfally to up- ?
bold you in urging the people to plant j
grain this fal! and next ??pring
We cordially approve the commeoda- !
tion of the Telegraph's excellent work j
in behalf of wh?at growing io Georgia,
but. we especially wish to emphasize j
Commissioner Steven*'* afroog words j
on th-' general question of the necessity '
for raising food crops at home, and j
Georgia's adaptability to all crops, j
Mr SrevcnT ?ayr. io conclusion :
"It is the only hope for G^crgia to {
produce our fora at home No GiHte io !
the Ho ion is better adapted to agrioul j
ture iban Georgia. AH crops grown
weli nore, grain, gra^ss*, and nil the .
various other forage crop-', al?-o cotton, j
'.Tbe tru.h is : akit?g everything into
consideration, wc v.iu do better cs H
people io Georgia today ?b;u? they can j
in Texas"or Arkansas, and what I would
Ilise to see you do ;a to convince these i
pi'?fjlc of ibis fact so that the? may bo 'j
* -.rn- med gn>w prosperous Jive a" booie, !
?sort educate oar boys and girls that they j
amy go oat and develop the greac re j
sources io our state.'*-Augusta Curoo-11
WELCOMED WHERE?
The New York Press, speaking of
colored Congressman White's pur?
pose to emigrate from North Caroli
na with 50,000 of his people, says :
"He would be welcomed elsewhere,
we know "
Will the Press kindiy indicate
where ? Certaioly not in New York,
where it requires a platoon of 800
policemen to guard 22 colored men
walking borne
Not in New Jersey, where "man?
hunts" have been the order of the
day during the past week
is ot in Chicago, which has bad tbe
rope cut twice for anoffending colored
men within the month.
Not in Pana or Virden, where
colored men were shot dead by pla?
toons for asking for work
Not in Ohio, where Washington,
Urbana and Akron displayed the
hangman's noose
Not in Boston, where there is no
work for the negro to do.
Where, then, most the negro go to
find this proffered welcome ?-At?
lanta Constitution.
It is said that at the Bryan reception,
io New York on tho 16rb there will
be on tho same stage William J Bryan,
Richard Croker. David B Hill, Ed
ward Shepard, Bourke Cockran, John
DeWitt Wagner and many lesser lights
will occupy the same platform at Madi?
son Square. This will be the strongest
possible optical demonstration to the
people of New York of harmonized
Democracy in New York. They were
al' fighting Bryan last" time.
Gov Roosevelt is reported to have
said to Prof David Starr Jordan, of
Leland Staoford university ; "I wish
to God wa were off the Philippines and
bfcd ib^m off our bands, and many
<.tber republicans are tbickiog the
same "
B)oker Washington says one of the
saddest sights be ever saw was a $300
rosewood piano going into a coiored
school io the dark belt of Alabama
lt wa.--, a sad thing for that piano, too
Alvin, Texas, O-t 0 -More than
:hrcc hundred families arc util! entirely
homeless a* a result of the hurricane of
Septem Ocr 8 li
In Uoion thc other nigbt Mr G Wa!t
Whit ir an wss arrested for disorderly
ronduct Rod carrying concealed wea
30.-.?*. The .Mayor lined him $25
Columbia, S C , Oct 10 -Two
roung men, both friend* of Governor
McSwf'cney and gentiles, will marry
ad?es of the Jewish faith at King
Urce on Oct 31 They have in
rii?;d the governor to attend the
double wedding and in the capacity
of chief magistrate perform the cerej
uony Governor Mrflwrrnnr ha
Hubbard's Cotton Letter.
New York, Oct 12 -Liverpool
cables report that Neall's circular
instead of being bullish inclined to
larger crop view than those express?
ed in bis September circular, owing
to the seasonable weather of Septem?
ber This brought a severe decline
in Liverpool at the opening of busi?
ness, all due to heavy liquidation by
longs and selling for continental
account. Our market opened steady
at the decline, rallied on local buying
slowly to esse the lowest prices of
yesterday. So athena buying in small
lots from the Atlantic States checked
the decline, but the arbitrage selling
was based on the revival of options
made during the summer when Liv?
erpool was a large buyer here The
in sight movement promises to be
larger than estimated Local traders
look for a reduction in Liverpool
tomorrow.
Hubbard Bros & Ca.
Walhalla, Oct 9-Capt. F C.
Seebu, the sole survivor of the origi?
nal colony, which settled this town
59 years ago. that resides here, died
Saturday night at 9 o'clock after a
lingering illness Capt Seebu was
to have unveiled the semi centennial
monument, but owing to his illness
he could not do so Messrs W?hr?
mann and Claussen of Charleston are
the only two cf Walhalla's original
pioneers to survive.
Fail River, Mass., O-st 10 -Au
oouoeemeofc w?fr made today of an ad?
vance of an eighth of a eeot in the price
of print cloths. The price is now fixed at
for regulars.
Islaod of St Helena, Oat 9 -The
British transport Idaho landed about;
200 Boer prisoners here yesterday
Gen Cronje and the other Boer prison?
ers are preparing a big celebration of
Paul Kroger's birthday tomorrow.
Georgetown, hly , Oct. II -Henry
E Youtsey. whose iltaess caused a
halt in bis trial on the charge ot being
a principal in the shooting of Gov.
Goebel, was somewhat better today.
Hf? was reported still in a stupor,
however, and further postponment
was granted until tomorrow.
Washington, Oct 10 -Admiral
Sampson was in the city today and
his feeble appearance caused some
concern to his friends His health
has been failing for more than a year
and while uot appreciably worse the
last month or so shows no signs of
improvement
The population of the State of Con
oeo'ico', as announced by the Census
. Bureau is 908 355 Ia 1880 the
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